FOIA Log FY 21

Request ID Received Date Request Description

FFRA-21-00273 9/23/2021 I am requesting the current status and schedule (including when right of way 

acquisition and construction will each begin) as well as the most recent or up to 

date maps/plans/designs/concepts/layouts that show the existing and proposed 

right of way for the following project: Baltimore and Potomac BP Tunnel Project 

Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) Tunnel Improvements and Extension

FOIA-21-023 11/5/2020 FY2019 ($29.9M) and FY2020 (79.7M) submitted by the Connecticut 

Department of Transportation for project Walk Bridge Replacement; FY2020 

Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program, Federal-State 

Partnership for State of Good Repair Program, Connecticut River Bridge 

Replacement; Grant Award $65.2M; and FY2020 Federal-State Partnership for 

State of Good Repair Program, Virginia Department of Rail and Public 

Transportation, Newington Road Bridge Replacement, $14.4M in Virginia

FOIA-21-034 11/18/2020 A copy of the grant application submitted to the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure 

and Safety Improvements Program by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and 

Rail Pulse, a private industry technology joint venture comprised of Norfolk 

Southern, GATX Corporation, Genesee & Wyoming, Trinity Rail, and Watco, that 

resulted in the award of a grant of up to $7,895,000 for: “Pennsylvania – Rail 

Pulse: The Realization of Railcar Location, Condition, Health, and Telematics 

Sensors on the North American Railcar Fleet (Multiple Opportunity Zones)

FFRA-21-00271 9/20/2021 Please share all DOT contracts with McKinsey & Co. Boston Consulting Group, 

and Booz, Allen & Hamilton that were initiated between 2019-2020. Please 

include project name, duration, and cost.

FFRA-21-00275 9/29/2021 I am writing to request a Department of Transportation Study of Amtrak State 

and Local Taxation, as I am unable to find it electronically. I believe the report 

was published in either 1979 or 1980, as it is referenced in the GAO Comments 

on Department of Transportation Study of Amtrak State and Local Taxation

FFRA-21-00267 9/10/2021 1. All DOCUMENTS which reference, refer to, or relate to whether any form of

preemption, including advanced preemption, existed at or near the subject

RAILROAD CROSSING from 2005 to the present. 2. All DOCUMENTS which

reference, refer to, or relate to whether any form of preemption, including

advanced preemption, existed at or near the intersection of Fairway Drive and

Walnut Drive in the City of Industry, near the RAILROAD CROSSING, from 2005

to the present. 3. All DOCUMENTS which reference, refer to, or relate to any

evaluation as to whether any form of preemption, including advanced

preemption, should have been installed at or near the intersection of Fairway

Drive and Walnut Drive in the City of Industry, near the RAILROAD CROSSING

from 2005 to the present. 4. All DOCUMENTS which reference, refer to, or

relate to any traffic studies that were conducted at or near the intersection of

Fairway Drive and Walnut Drive in the City of Industry, near the RAILROAD

CROSSING, from 2005 through the present. 5. All DOCUMENTS which

reference, refer to, or relate to any traffic studies that were conducted at or

near the intersection of Fairway Drive and Walnut Drive in the City of Industry,

near the RAILROAD CROSSING, from 2005 through the present, which

specifically evaluated whether or not preemption, including simultaneous or

advanced preemption, should be installed. 6. All DOCUMENTS which reference,

refer to, or relate to any train speed studies that were conducted at or near the

intersection of Fairway Drive and Walnut Drive in the City of Industry, near the

RAILROAD CROSSING, from 2005 through the present. [See request for more.]
FOIA-21-218 7/1/2021 Report, including but not limited to any investigation reports, photos, video, 

statements, and correspondence regarding the train versus car collision on 

December 28, 2020.

FOIA-21-226 7/14/2021 Any records showing the (i) payee or vendor names, (ii) check issue dates, (iii) 

check number, (iv) FEIN and (v) dollar amounts of any uncashed /stale-dated 

vendor payment checks that have aged/been issued more than six months from 

the date of this letter in an amount equal to or greater than one thousand 

dollars ($1,000.00).

FFRA-21-00270 9/20/2021 In regard to the wrongful death on July 29, 2021,...we hereby request 1. The 

footage from the cameras at the intersection Compton Blvd. & Willowbrook Ave; 

2. Incident reports; 3. Witness Statements; 4. Any other video recordings 

capturing the incident in any manner, including, but not limited to, cell phone 

videos and surveillance videos.

FOIA-21-212 6/25/2021 Letters that were submitted to the FRA as part of the comments on the maglev 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

FOIA-21-213 6/25/2021 Complete investigation file related to testing for diesel exhaust exposure levels 

in locomotives whether leading or trailing performed by FRA in response to 

complaints from officials of a railroad labor organization, specifically Mr. James 

Stem of the United Transportation Union.

FOIA-21-214 6/28/2021 A copy of the accident/incident report that occurred on 12/13/20 in Dixie 

Highway, Rutledge, GA, involving CSX

FOIA-21-209 6/14/2021 FRA Casualty Detail Report for the attached fatality, also listed below: 

12/20/2020 – BNSF accident in Everett, Snohomish County, WA, sometime in 

the evening as reported at 11:57 PM

FOIA-21-210 6/23/2021 Copy of FRA 505 loan application and the modified application

FOIA-21-211 6/23/2021 Final records related to 9/10/2018 involving Montana Rail Link Inc. near Reed 

Point, Stillwater County, Montans

FOIA-21-206 6/14/2021 Information related to Gateway Program - Penn Station redevelopment Project

FOIA-21-207 6/14/2021 All records related to the 1/24/18 incident in East St. Louis, IL; involving Alton 

& Southern Railroad

FOIA-21-208 6/14/2021 Request copies of all records of complaints against Union Pacific Railroad 

Company in the entire United States related to injury including whistleblower 

complaints for the past 10 years.

FOIA-21-201 6/8/2021 Records related to the 12/14/2019 incident that occurred at Bonnie, IL

FOIA-21-204 6/10/2021 All records related to the 12/3/19 incident in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

FOIA-21-205 6/11/2021 Documents in reference to Bayou Bionergy or Glycerine Traders regarding 

railcars may have loaded or unloaded near Lake Providence. Louisiana between 

January 2016 and December 2019.

FOIA-21-196 6/7/2021 All information related to Amtrak's disability settlement; reports dealing, 

discussing and/or addressing accessibility issues; disability law compliance, 

complaints regarding reasonable accommodations/accessibility found at all 

Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts stations, Connecticut and within 50 

miles of the Connecticut border.

FOIA-21-198 6/4/2021 Inspections by FRA for the Railcars system at Trimac’s 6800 Mclarin Address in 

Fairburn.

FOIA-21-200 6/8/2021 Records pertaining to a train accident that occurred on 3/18/2020

FOIA-21-193 6/2/2021 Records pertaining the 11/13/2019 involving Amtrak at the following location: 

Dock Bridge, Amtrak Tracks, Mile 8.6; Harrison Town; Hudson County, New 

Jersey.

FOIA-21-194 6/3/2021 Requests the entire file for any and all incidents and/or accidents involving a 

Septa locomotive and/or trolley on the following dates:10/28/2010, 9/16/2010, 

10/31/2013, 11/5/2013 and 9/19/2016
FOIA-21-195 6/4/2021 Any and all inspections, fines,citations, violations, and/or warnings issued to 

PPG Industries Inc. and/or Axiall Corporation in connection with the ownership, 

maintenance and/or operations of railcars from 2005 to 2018.

FOIA-21-188 5/25/2021 Memo from OST, pertaining to inspection records relating to track ties and 

ballasts at the Stockton Intermodal Facility, located at Arch Road, Stockton, CA 

95215, and BNSF Mariposa Yard (W675) at 6540 S. Austin Road, Stockton, CA 

95215 from January 1, 2011 to April 30, 2021.

FOIA-21-190 5/28/2021 Seeking the 55a (Casualty Detail) records for the 12 fatal incidents reported for 

2020 for the State of Illinois that were removed from the public database due 

to their processing as suicides.

FOIA-21-191 6/1/2021 All records, emails, attachments, data, training manuals, and presentations 

between the dates 1/20/21 to present containing any of the following terms: 

"Proterra" "Thomas Built Buses" "Visit" "POTUS" "VPOTUS" "Stock" "OGE" 

"Ethics" "Divest" "Disclosure" "Electric Vehicles" "Electric Cars" "Electric 

Automobiles" "Investment" "Batteries" "Sale" “Harris" "Biden" or "Office of 

Government Ethics.

FOIA-21-181 2/5/2021 Records regarding the 4/2/20 train accident at the Cassidy Street grade 

crossing in Oceanside, CA; DOT #026818W

FOIA-21-186 5/18/2021 All records, incident reports, statements, investigative files, limited and full 

investigations, and other materials related to the December 28, 2017 train 

collision on Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway after two trains collided in 

Pickensville, Alabama and injured several people. The FRA headquarters said 

the FRA regional office initiated an investigation and said it was railroad 

accident/incident # AGR148217

FOIA-21-187 5/24/2021 Records concerning or related to the bridge on the Kansas City Southern’s 

Hevener District Mainline immediately north of railroad milepost 322 with Global 

Positioning System (GPS) coordinates 35.10535, -94.63831 (based on Google 

Maps) located in Section 2, Township 7 North, Range 25 East, in Leflore County, 

Oklahoma. In addition, specifically, any indices of records concerning or related 

to the bridge.

FOIA-21-169 5/12/2021 Administration letters of response to complaints filed by National Railroad 

Passenger Corporation railroad employees and/or labor organizations by formal 

letter, or any other means, regarding bodily injuries, as well as post-traumatic 

stress disorder, sustained to an employee while assisting a passenger, on 

December 28, 2020 filed between January 1, 1995 and the present.

FOIA-21-176 1/5/2021 All transcripts of interviews of Amtrak employees and Amtrak management 

personnel which were taken and transcribed in connection with the FRA's Office 

of Railroad Safety Accident and Analysis Branch ''Accident Investigation Report 

HQ-2017- 1239 Amtrak 501, Dupont, Washington; December 18, 2017.

FOIA-21-177 1/6/2021 Certified and True" copy of Federal Railroad Administration letters of response 

to complaints filed by National Railroad Passenger Corporation railroad 

employees and/or labor organizations by formal letter, or any other means, 

regarding injuries arising from excess slack action due to a cab signal drop 

response filed between January l, 1995 and the present.

FOIA-21-162 5/4/2021 All attachments and appendices pertaining to letters and submissions submitted 

by Native American tribe San Manuel related to Brightline, Brightline West, 

DesertXpress, or XpressWest

FOIA-21-164 5/5/2021 Certified copies of all United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) FRA 

records and documents regarding the presence of asbestos at or on property 

owned or controlled by B&O Railroad (Baltimore & Ohio Railroad) in Pittsburgh, 

PA, including, but not limited to, the Glenwood Railroad Yard . This request 

includes documentation of employee exposure and property asbestos 

abatement efforts any time
FOIA-21-166 5/10/2021 A copy of the report on Amtrak's response to the May 12, 2015, fatal 

derailment in Philadelphia, as mandated by the Fixing America's Surface 

Transportation Act of 2015.

FOIA-21-129 3/12/2021 All documents pertaining to contract 693JJ619F000105, including Section C 

(Statement of Work), Section L (Instructions), and Section M (Evaluation 

Criteria), and any attachments.Contract ID: 693JJ619F000105; Referenced 

IDV: 47QRAA18D001P; Awardee: DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP; Source: FPDS 

(Date Range for Record Search: From [09/27/2018 to 09/27/2019)

FOIA-21-142 4/12/2021 The entire FRA inspection file for the steam locomotive known as Nevada 

Northern 81 currently owned by the Nevada Northern Railway Museum of Ely, 

Nevada.

FOIA-21-150 4/21/2021 For information regarding PTC reporting needed for an academic research 

project How many train starts (originations at a terminal) left the terminal 

without PTC functional? In other words if the crew reports to their PTC help 

desk an issue/problem and the crew is authorized to depart without functioning 

PTC. How many occurrences for the most recent year with reporting data? How 

many train originations total with or without PTC? Can this data be presented in 

aggregate for all Class I railroads and also be broken out by each Class I 

railroad?

FOIA-21-083 1/27/2021 Information pertaining to the 24th Street / Railroad (UPRR) Grade Separation 

Funding Application and supporting documentation supplied by the City of 

Phoenix, Arizona. The funding application was supplied to design and construct 

a grade separation crossing of the UPRR in the City of Phoenix, adjacent to the 

Sky Harbor International Airport.

FOIA-21-108 2/19/2021 Records released under previous FOIAs

FOIA-21-117 3/1/2021 All FRA’s entire permitting file relating to the CSX Rigolets Pass Bridge (call 

sign: KQ 7197, calling channel:16, working channel:13, owner: Family Lines 

Rail System, location: Dunbar) at Mississippi River mile maker 0, from 2011 to 

the present.

FOIA-21-060 12/21/2020 A copy or printout of the YouTube Creator's Page for the Federal Railroad 

Administration, which shows nonpublic videos on the agency's YouTube account.

FOIA-21-062 12/23/2020 Train collision on 2/18/2020, 4/26/2014 and 6/20/2018 (see request for 

locations)

FOIA-21-071 1/11/2021 - Long Island Railroad - Main Line Branch Ronkonkoma to Greenport MTEA 

Limited Operations Exception, revision 5.0 dated on or around November 25, 

2020 (related to docket FRA-2010-0031) - LIRR’s Positive Train Control 

Implementation Plan (PTCIP), revision 7.0 dated February 28, 2020 (related to 

docket FRA-2010-0031)

FOIA-21-042 11/30/2020 FRA briefing materials prepared in 2020 for the incoming administration under 

the Presidential Transition Act

FOIA-21-045 12/4/2020 Reports or documents detailing incidents where trains going through North 

Dakota and Minnesota experience emergency brake failures from 2016 through 

November 2020.

FOIA-21-046 12/7/2020 Programmatic Agreement for DesertXpress and / or XpressWest high-speed 

train project; and FRA's response to San Manuel's comments

FOIA-21-036 11/19/2020 Any and all internal Department of Transportation communications regarding 

the Hudson River Gateway Project in New York and New Jersey, dating between 

Jan. 1, 2017 and today.

FOIA-21-038 11/23/2020 Oct 14, 2020 Railroad Tracks Accident at or near 2 Gandolfo Drive, Canaan, CT

FOIA-21-040 11/30/2020 All FRA briefing materials prepared in 2020 for the incoming administration 

under the Presidential Transition Act, including organizational charts, succession 

plans, PowerPoint presentations, secretarial orders about succession planning 

and any final records prepared to brief officials representing the incoming 

administration; Include records pursuant to the Office of Management and 

Budget (M-20-24 and M-20-33) memoranda.
FFRA-21-00266 9/9/2021 Their is a section in the FAST ACT that provides funding for upgrades to certain 

curves on the nations rail system, on which Amtrak operates. Seeking a copy of 

the list of curves that were identified for upgrades and funding.

FFRA-21-00262 9/3/2021 - All public records that relate to the signal activation failure, and the resulting 

car vs. train accident, that occurred at the Cassidy St. railroad crossing in 

Oceanside, CA 92054 on April 2, 2020; - All public records that relate to any 

signal activation failures at the Cassidy St. railroad crossing in Oceanside, CA 

92054 in the past 5 years; - All of the State’s highway-rail grade crossing action 

plans, made pursuant to 49 CFR § 234.11 and/or section 202 of the Rail Safety 

Improvement Act of 2008, submitted in the past 5 years for the Cassidy St. 

railroad crossing in Oceanside, CA 92054.

FFRA-21-00255 8/18/2021 All records, as those terms are defined in § 552(f), all photographs, audio and 

visual materials, preliminary and/or final reports, diagrams, drawings, 

statements, and all other documents, relating to any and all inspections, 

investigations, derailment incidents, personal injuries, or physical damage from 

January 1, 2014 to present, involving the tracks located at Mar-Jae Poultry MS, 

LLC's Waynesboro, MS facility located at 237 Marshall Durbin Dr. Waynesboro, 

MS 39367 (these are industrial tracks located off of the Meridian Southern line).

FFRA-21-00237 7/22/2021 Documents related to the 10/14/2020 accident that occurred at Railroad tracks 

at or near 2 Gandolfo Drive, Canaan, CT. Copies of any and all documents, 

including but not limited to investigation reports, written and/or recorded 

statements, correspondence, violations, citations, photographs, written and/or 

recorded statements and any and all other related documents, pertaining to the 

above referenced incident, regardless of the media which it is stored.

FFRA-21-00263 9/3/2021 All drafts, maps, files, electronic files, communications, e-mails, and other 

documents (“Materials”) relating to selection of alignment HC-4 for the 

proposed Texas Central Railroad high-speed rail line in Harris County and/or 

Waller County, as described at pages 31 and 34 of the Dallas to Houston HighSpeed Rail Project: Alignment Alternatives Analysis (Nov. 6, 2015) and as 

reflected in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement made available to the 

public at 82 Fed. Reg. 60723, Dallas to Houston High-Speed Rail, regardless of 

when such Materials were created.

FFRA-21-00264 9/3/2021 All drafts, memoranda, reports, studies, analyses, files, electronic files, 

communications, e-mails, and other documents (“Materials”) related to ridership 

of the proposed Dallas to Houston high-speed rail project (such project 

described in a Draft EIS made available to the public at 82 Fed. Reg. 60723), 

regardless of when such Materials were created, and including specifically, but 

not limited to, (1) the ridership report mentioned by the FRA at page 3 of a 

memorandum commemorating a “Dallas to Houston HSR EIS Coordination 

Meeting” held on May 24, 2018, with the FRA attendees being (in this 

memorandum, the FRA referred to an “investment-grade ridership study in 

process” and requirements being imposed by the FRA on Texas Central 

Railroad’s ridership study) and (2) the “independent ridership review (via 

AECOM) to support the purpose and need of the project” cited on page 3 of a 

memorandum commemorating a “Dallas to Houston HSR EIS FRA/TCRR 

Leadership Status Meeting” held on December 6, 2018, with the FRA 

FFRA-21-00234 7/20/2021 A list of outstanding/uncashed vendor payment checks which are held with your 

department and have not been claimed by the payee/vendors. From. (Date 

Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2020 To 2/28/2021)

FFRA-21-00249 8/9/2021 All documents related to an injury incident that occurred in Gwinnett County, 

Georgia involving Norfolk Southern on 12/11/2018
FFRA-21-00241 7/27/2021 - Any incident report or federally required report that CSX filed about a Sunday 

Feb. 28 incident in which a CSX train struck a pedestrian in Depew, NY - Any 

video footage of the incident caught by CSX or FRA or any third party that FRA 

has copies for the Feb. 28 incident in Depew.

FFRA-21-00228 7/14/2021 For documents, including the comments received, related to the proposed 

Baltimore-to-Washington Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (SCMagLev) 

transportation project from the date of issuance of the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the SCMagLev Project through May 31, 2021.

FFRA-21-00240 7/22/2021 Documents relating to U.S. DOT #375-954H for the railroad crossing located at 

Grandview Ave. in Muscatine, Iowa; any and all records relating to inspection 

reports of this crossing from August 27, 2018 through September 24, 

2018,including but not limited to inspection reports (Date Range for Record 

Search: From 8/27/2018 To 9/24/2018)

FFRA-21-00231 7/15/2021 All mechanical inspection reports of the Sperry Rail Service car as well as all 

FRA accident reports related to the 6/15/2021 accident

FFRA-21-00248 8/6/2021 The most recent maps/plans that show proposed Right Of Way for the following 

projects: Brightline High Speed Rail Project Phase 2 and West Palm Beach - 

Orlando International Airport

FFRA-21-00236 7/20/2021 Monetary fine information related violations Amtrak received regarding the 

follow up drug tests and the direct hours of service violations on January 26th, 

2021 and February 04th, 2021.

FFRA-21-00227 7/19/2021 A copy of each letter from FRA to Amtrak or from Amtrak to FRA regarding the 

Acela trainsets, and a copy of each letter from FRA to Amtrak or from Amtrak to 

FRA (on any topic), during the timeframe January 1, 2020 to the present, based 

on a search of Amtrak's executive correspondence files.

FFRA-21-00253 8/13/2021 All award documentation for the above solicitation, including the documentation 

submitted by the awarded Contractors

FFRA-21-00242 7/26/2021 Copies of any and all documents and/or any other information you may have 

regarding the following railroad companies: - Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad, 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at 

2145 Delta Blvd., Suite 200, Tallahassee, Florida, 32303. - Grenada Railroad, 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at 

1515 S. Federal Highway, Suite 404, Boca Raton, Florida, 33432. - RailUSA, 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at 

1515 S. Federal Highway, Suite 404, Boca Raton, Florida, 33432.

FFRA-21-00257 8/25/2021 All documents in your custody or control, including electronic mail and 

photographs; OSHA investigation of the incident on March 7, 2021 at Sasol 

Chemical LLC Plant

FFRA-21-00247 8/6/2021 Final allocation of FRA grants to NYS DOT from the 2009 ARRA program and the 

FFY2010 High Speed Rail program.

FFRA-21-00229 7/15/2021 To inspect or obtain copies of written notices of noncompliance in regard to 

locomotive 1599; any report filed between 5/1/2019 to 12/31/2019; copies of 

Form F 6180.49, F 6180.49A, F 6180.78, F 6180.97; list of defects and repairs 

made to locomotive 1599, ; concerning or pertaining to Columbus & 

Chattahoochee Railroad, Inc. (Date Range for Record Search: From 1/1/2019 

To 12/31/2019)

FFRA-21-00259 8/27/2021 A copy of any and all documents, including but not limited to, investigation 

reports, related to incident no. 0221MA022, a Union Pacific Railroad train 

derailment on February 13, 2021, near West Vernon Avenue, West Irving 

Street, Hester Avenue and South Fell Avenue in the Town of Normal, McLean 

County, Illinois.

Total No of Requests : 75